Section 73F — Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (NSW)

(1) A landlord may refuse to give consent on one or more of the following grounds only—
(a) keeping the animal at the residential premises would result in an unreasonable number of animals being kept at the premises,
(b) the premises are unsuitable for keeping the animal because of the following—
(i) the fencing is not appropriate,
(ii) there is insufficient open space,
(iii) the nature of the premises means the animal could not be kept at the premises humanely,
(c) keeping the animal at the residential premises is likely to cause damage that would cost more to reasonably repair than the amount of the rental bond for the premises,
(d) the landlord resides at the premises,
(e) keeping the animal at the residential premises would contravene the following—
(i) an Act or other law,
(ii) a local council order,
(iii) for premises forming part of a scheme—a by-law of the scheme that has legal effect,
(iv) for premises forming part of a residential community—a community rule of the residential community,
(f) the tenant has not agreed to a reasonable condition proposed by the landlord.
(2) The regulations may make further provision in relation to grounds in subsection (1), including by clarifying or defining terms used in the grounds.
(3) This section is a term of every residential tenancy agreement.
(4) In this section—
residential community has the same meaning as in the Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013.
scheme means—
(a) a community scheme, precinct scheme or neighbourhood scheme within the meaning of the Community Land Development Act 2021, or
(b) a strata scheme within the meaning of the Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.

Related sections

• s 73C — Application for landlord’s consent
• s 73D — Requirement to respond to application
• s 73E — Reasonable conditions of consent
• s 73G — Application to Tribunal
• s 73H — Advertising
• s 73I — Effect of consent

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